Feature Article Analysis 2 -

Another Feature Article that personally I believe is quite simplistic and professional. The title “Getting Lost” clearly links in with the image and the article, while also being in the centre of the composition/page, a common place for a focal point as its bang in the middle which the eye usually look at first when something is in front of them. The Drop cap is a light colour but is visible enough to stand out in front of the plain the background, the main colours are black, yellow and white, a good combination of light to dark colours that breakup different parts of the article. The font is easy to read and is the only font used, it is used in different sizes but it’s mainly used for the article itself and would link to the front cover. There isn’t any advertisements of any companies or other shows except from Lost, the page is dedicated to just the one show with the photo portraying the actors with some text providing some information of what the awards have been won and what is further in the magazine that is to do with “Lost”. Each gutter leaves enough room so that each paragraph is easy to read and the guidance of the article is understandable too, furthermore the columns/paragraph are around 6-8 and aren’t containing essay worth of text, it’s all straight to the point and doesn’t contain un-necessary topics. This feature article looks good and is designed well, personally I’d choose another colour of than yellow but that’s just my opinion and the extra information on the awards won by “Lost” is very useful especially for advertising it and drawing In the audience.

Contents Page Analyse - Kerrang

Similarly to the front cover, the colours scheme is just like on the front cover using Black, Yellow, Red, white and little bit blue as the noticeable colours used in the Contents Page. The images used are placed on one side allowing information to be on the other side for it to be a lot easier to read and look at, the main band “All Time Low” covers most of the space that wouldn’t be used while it makes them the first thing you look at when you read this Page. Along with the images, on the bottom left is the editors letter that fits just beneath the “All Time Low” photo, it was possibly placed there as a direction of reading the Contents Page (All Time Low > Editors Letter> Feedback). Commonly, the fonts are practically the same with the shape/size being the only difference to suit each section of the Contents Page. On the bottom right is the subscription section of the page, as mentioned it uses the only real noticeable Blue, this is to stand out from all the other colours such as Yellow, Black and White which allows the Subscription box to be eye catching and help them advertise their product (magazine) to their audience of Kerrang Readers. Subscription are mainly targeting people who enjoy reading the magazine, they get them to pay a larger fee just to get the year worth of “Kerrang” usually coming up to a few pounds less than what a normal reader may pay if they were to get every issue without subscribing. In particular, this Kerrang copy is mixture of different artists and bands but for the Contents Page it is mainly focusing on “All Time Low” but the issues are focusing on not just one band usually its of many Bands and Artists that are further in to the Magazine. The right hand-side informs people of what is in this issue and as noted, there are other bands/artist such as My Chemical Romance, Corey Taylor, Asking Alexandria and so forth, therefore this (Features-Regulars) contains others and expands the Audience Kerrang are targeting.